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A brand that has been a leader in the fire prevention and safety category for more than a century has expanded its "Cause For Alarm" program, tied to continued efforts to close what it calls a fire and carbon monoxide safety education gap. This sees Kidde forge a new relationship with the owner of such stations as Z100 and Power 105.1.

The Hispanic audio-focused media company founded and led by Raúl Alarcón Jr. has successfully extended the maturity date on its four-year-old credit facility, giving it until late August to satisfy its lenders — and at a marginally higher interest rate.

“Should we expect broadcast deregulation? I think it’s absolutely clear that we will.” Those words caused a welcome stir at the 2025 NAB State Leadership Conference as radio and TV operators seek freedom to take on "Big Tech" with their presence in the Nation's Capital, and Republican FCC Commissioner Nate Simington is ready to help.

The National Association of Broadcasters at its State Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., has revealed the 10 winners of the 38th annual NAB Crystal Radio Awards. The winners were chosen by a panel of judges representing the broadcast industry, community service organizations and public relations firms.

The radio broadcasting company founded by the late Ed Christian and today led by CEO Chris Forgy has announced when it will reveal its financial results for the final three months of 2024.

For a quarter-century, he was associated with radio stations in Philadelphia and, before that, Miami. Now, he's joining EVP Randy Chase and CEO Carl Parmer at a Birmingham-based owner of radio stations carved from a group of properties once under the Cox Radio banner.

For more than 25 years, unlicensed radio broadcasts have littered the FM dial from West Palm Beach to Homestead, Fla. Today, broadcasting buccaneers persist across South Florida. Now, the FCC seeks to stop two elicit airwaves users in Miami-Dade County.

The nation's No. 1 audio content creation and distribution company concluded a long parade of companies presenting their fourth quarter 2024 earnings reports on Thursday. And while the day began with a sobering fiscal health review from Cumulus Media, industry peer iHeartMedia shared Q4 results that saw net income rise and adjusted EBITDA increase, too.

Some five years after the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the nation's mental, physical and financial health, the Radio industry is still suffering. That's the message being told to investors of one of the biggest audio content creation and distribution companies in the U.S., as it delivered its Q4 2024 results on Thursday.

One year ago, Cumulus Media initiated a “poison pill” defense to stave off the looming threat of a hostile takeover from billionaire Manoj Bhargava. Now Cumulus is quietly putting that shareholder rights plan to bed as the danger fades, per an SEC filing.

Audacy's Podcasts division has expanded its exclusive, multi-year sales and distribution partnership with CBS.  The agreement now includes CBS Entertainment, CBS Media Ventures, CBS News, and CBS Studios podcast slates.

The FCC earlier this week took its first stab at investigating whether Radio is engaged in artist performance policies that do not comply with federal "Payola" regulations. On Wednesday, iHeartMedia responded to a formal letter of inquiry from Chairman Brendan Carr.

The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint that alleged iHeartMedia’s nearly $1 million in podcast-related contributions to a super PAC supporting Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) violated federal campaign finance laws.

SBS says a saboteur on Sunday clipped all of the wires to KROI-FM in Houston's transmitter. RBR+TVBR first learned of the incident on Sunday afternoon, putting the market return of Hispanic radio icon Raul Brindis at SBS's $7.5 million acquisition in an emergency situation. As of 11am Central Monday, Brindis was on the air.

As RBR+TVBR reported on February 20, a Boise, Idaho-based radio broadcasting company serving Boise and Twin Falls is venturing into a neighboring state. Terms of the "membership interest purchase" between Iliad Media Group Holdings and the parties behind The Montana Radio Company, the group Iliad is acquiring, are now known.